EsquirePennsylvania The Ku Klux Klan Murdered Them for Registering Citizens to Vote. That Was All.verified_publisher Esquire - By Charles P. Pierce57 years ago today, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney were pulled over in the middle of the night near Philadelphia, Mississippi. On June 21, 1964, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner,...
EsquireNCAA The Day of Reckoning Has Arrived for the NCAAverified_publisher Esquire - By Charles P. PierceAnd it's thanks, in no small part, to Brett Freaking Kavanaugh. Two of my least favorite organizations—the institutional Roman Catholic Church and the National Collegiate Athletic Association—both got...
EsquireCatholicism The Clan of the Red Beanie's American Branch Is on the March Against Joe Bidenverified_publisher Esquire - By Charles P. PierceIt takes a lot of imperial gall for American bishops to advise the priests in their dioceses to take an action the Pope has publicly opposed. The Clan of the Red Beanie’s American branch always has looked...
EsquireU.S. Politics They've Done Some Extensive Renovations on the Conservative Puke Funnelverified_publisher Esquire - By Charles P. PierceWithin days, a conspiracy theory went from the lunatic fringe to the White House and the Department of Justice. The problem with running a successful freak show is that your customers continually ask more,...
EsquireU.S. Senate Oh No, President Joe. I Wish You Hadn't Said This.verified_publisher Esquire - By Charles P. PierceYou were in the Senate when Frank Church’s committee blew the whistle on decades of CIA ratfcking overseas. (Permanent Musical Accompaniment To The Last Post Of The Week From The Blog’s Favourite Living...
EsquireJuneteenth The Only Justice in History Is the Justice We Insist Be Included in Itverified_publisher Esquire - By Charles P. PierceThis week leading up to Juneteenth has been one of significant strides. Since the latest fauxtrage on the American right is over how we teach the history of American racism to our children, or whether...
EsquireBarbara Lee 288,000 Iraqis Would Be Happy to Hear This. If They Were Alive.verified_publisher Esquire - By Charles P. PierceUltimately, history has vindicated Barbara Lee and the 23 senators who voted against the 2002 Authorization to Use Military Force in Iraq. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-California) did not want to authorize President...
EsquireTom Cotton Tom Cotton Is a Few Reindeer Short of Santa's Sleighverified_publisher Esquire - By Charles P. PierceThe Arkansas senator has postulated a totally normal theory of Chinese government machinations around the 2022 Winter Olympics. The shebeen has been keeping a weather eye on Senator Tom Cotton (R), the...
EsquireU.S. Supreme Court The Supreme Court Is Political on the Inside, Tooverified_publisher Esquire - By Charles P. PierceThe Fulton v. Philadelphia case is a good look into the intramural festivities. Any time anyone tells you that the Supreme Court is not a “political” institution, explain to them that they lack imagination....
EsquireU.S. Politics Vladimir Putin Is a King Bullshit Artistverified_publisher Esquire - By Charles P. PierceAt a summit with President Biden, the Russian leader established himself as the gold standard for whataboutism. Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden ran out of things to talk about quicker than most people thought...
EsquireBiogen This FDA Decision Has All the Hallmarks of a Truly Terrible Blunderverified_publisher Esquire - By Charles P. PierceWe have made great strides since my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1985, but this doesn't much look like one. Because I happen to have a particularly nasty dog in this fight, I have following...
